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Tristan is a journalist at the South Burnett Times and Central & North Burnett Times, covering crime, courts, business news and sports as well as general and breaking news. He started his career as the sports reporter for the Times before taking on an expanded role.

Tristan Evert

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South Burnett

REVEALED: Region’s best primary school teacher voted by you

OVER 400 votes were cast and the winner of this year’s best primary school teacher won by a single vote: MEET THE WINNER HERE:

Community News

Burnett police urging drivers to stay safe these holidays

Ahead of the festive season, police are urging drivers to stay safe so their Christmas isn‘t ruined by a loved one dying in a car crash.

Community News

The Yarraman community started the new year with their annual festival.

Ongoing impacts of COVID cancels another Burnett event

For the first time in seven years, a Burnett festival has been cancelled due to economic pressure as a result of COVID-19.

South Burnett

Art will be on display at the Pioneer Valley Arts Exhibit and Awards 2019.

Councils join forces to deliver new regional arts program

Led by the Central Queensland Regional Arts Network, three Wide Bay Councils have contributed to a new regional arts program that will deliver new events across the Burnett.

Police & Courts

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Drink driver falls asleep at the wheel, smashes into tree

A Burnett man has escaped uninjured after a couple of beers at the pub left him and his car wedged into a tree off the D’Aguilar Highway in Nanango.

Police & Courts

SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE DISCUSS USE WITH YOUR EDITOR - Ashlee Holloway

Nanango woman drink drives, no licence, 34km/h over limit

A Nanango woman was caught by police doing 134km/h in a 100km/h zone while over the general alcohol limit with a suspended drivers licence.

Police & Courts

SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE DISCUSS USE WITH YOUR EDITOR - Thomas Barratt-Coates

Unlicensed Nanango drunk driver slams ‘mate’s’ car into tree

A Nanango man is lucky to be alive after getting behind the wheel heavily intoxicated and smashing a car into a tree.

South Burnett

VOTE NOW: South Burnett’s best primary teacher final vote

AFTER hundreds of votes were cast, five finalist have gone in the running to win the prestigious title of the South Burnett’s best primary teacher. VOTE NOW:

Police & Courts

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Mum avoids jail after choking, spitting, scratching twin sons

A Nanango woman has avoided time behind bars after assaulting her children, including suffocating one boy with a bag of meat and choking another.

South Burnett

Man desperate and alone in the dark drugs Townsville crime generic

OPINION: Broken system causing preventable deaths

AFTER speaking to numerous experts in the mental health field, it has become clear the mental health system is failing people in the Burnett region.

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